Use the upcoming American Holiday, Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 25th) to truly experience cultural exchange. Now, is the time to share traditions from your home country.
It is a wonderful, and one of the few, truly American holidays. One fun thing to do is to go to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. You can go to the Parade or you can go the night before to see the balloons…both are events NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday Nov. 25th, 9:00 a.m. – noon: This is a fun parade, but you will have to get there early. Another fun thing to do is to watch them inflate the big balloons the night before. Here’s the information taken from the parade website. http://www.macys.com/campaign/parade/index.jsp?bhcp=1
Parade Route: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® begins at 77th Street and Central Park West. It proceeds to Columbus Circle and turns onto Broadway. The Parade marches down Broadway and turns west on 34th Street, just past Macy’s Herald Square. The parade finishes at 7th Avenue.
Viewing Locations: From Central Park West: the west side of the street from 70th Street to Columbus Circle and on the east side of the street from 70th to 65th Street. Columbus Circle: the west side of the street. Broadway: Broadway between 58th and 38th Streets. 34th Street: the south side of the street between Broadway and 7th Avenue. There is no public viewing or press access on Broadway from 34th to 38th Street. To ensure a good viewing location, get there early. People arrive as early as 6:30AM.
Balloon Blow-Up
Balloon Blow-Up on Wednesday evening, Nov. 24th starts around 3:00 p.m. It takes place on 77th and 81st Streets between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Many people prefer going to the balloon inflating over the parade. It is a lot of fun and definitely worth going to!!!